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Batteries power up traffic jam on U.S. 220

ASHEBORO — Debris in the roadway shut down one lane of the U.S. 220 Bypass/Interstate 73 in Asheboro Tuesday afternoon, creating traffic congestion for about two hours.

The debris was all types of thousands of batteries which had fallen off a recycling truck, creating a traffic hazard in the right lane, about 3:30 p.m. Both lanes of the bypass were reopened by 5:30 p.m.

The affected area was the southbound lanes between N.C. 42, at Mile Marker 74, to the Albemarle Road exit to U.S. 64 /N.C. 49.